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POCKET BOX.. No. 396,110. P'atented Jan. 15, 1'8

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. PARKS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIRAM HOW- ARD ANDSTEPHEN O. HOWARD, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

POCKET-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,110, dated January15, 1889.

Application filed October a, 1888.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE WV. PARKS, of Brooklyn, Kings county, andState of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inPocket-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

I will describe a pocket-box embodying my invention, and then point outthe novel features in a claim.

My improvement consists in a box having a compartment or chamber formatches, a compartment or chamber for postage-stamps formed in one sideof the match-chamber by bending the material of the box, a cover for r 5the latter, and a cover for the match compartment or chamber designed,when closed, to retain the stamp-chamber cover in place.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a box embodyingmy improvement with the covers closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view withboth covers open. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is atrans verse section.

Similar letters of reference designate corre sponding parts in all thefigures.

A designates the body of the box. B designates a cover hinged to theupper end of the body A at one side.

C designates a spring secured to the body near the lower part andpressing at the upper end against a projection, D, affixed to the coverB.

The box as thus far described is substantially like a common form ofpocket matchbox. It is, however, provided with a chamber or compartment,E, in one side,which is closed at its ends. This is formed by bending aportion of that side inwardly, or by forming a hole in one side from theupper edge nearly Serial No. 287,551. (No model.)

to the bottom, and securing a bent strip of metal in rear of said hole.This inwardlybent portion or strip forms a partition between the mainchamber or compartment of the box which is intended for receivingmatches, and the smaller compartment or chamber, E,which is adapted forthe reception of postage-stamps.

The sideedges of the compartment or chamber E are provided with grooves.A sliding cover, F, is fitted in these grooves. The cover and the upperend of the back of the stamp compartment or chamber are shown asprovided with stops G, which preclude the entire removal of the cover F.

When the cover F is slid down to close the stamp compartment or chamber,the main cover B may be swung down to close the match compartment orchamber. It will then extend across the upper edge of the cover F of thestamp compartment or chamber and retain it in posit-ion.

lVhatI claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A box having a compartment or chamber for matches, having aninwardly-bent portion forming a compartment or chamber forpostage-stamps closed at its ends, a sliding cover for the latter, aswinging cover for the match compartment or chamber, the said swingingcover extending across the said sliding cover when the compartments orchambers are closed, and stops for preventing the entire removal of thesliding cover, substantially as specified.

GEORGE W. PARKS.

